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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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220 BCE
Chinese population is at around 20 million
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210 BCE
Qin Shihuangdi Dies
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Period: 210 BCE to 174 BCE
reign of Maodun in the Xiongnu
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207 BCE
Rebels overwhelm the Qin court
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206 BCE
Liu Bang restores order throughout China
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Period: 206 BCE to 9
Fomer Han Dynasty
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Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE
Han Wudi's rule
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124 BCE
Han Wudi establishes an imperial university for young men
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9 BCE
Population of China tripled to 60 million
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6
2 year old boy inherits Han imperial throne
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9
Wang Mang announced the mandate of heaven passed from the Han to his family
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Period: 25 to 220
Later Han Dynasty
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100
Chinese craftsmen invent paper
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189
Faction led by inperial relative killed more than 2000 beardless men